Lenovo G450 cannot boot !!

Hi everybody,
I need some help with my laptop Lenovo G455.
A few days ago I cannot boot. I try reboot again for a few times and it started and worked fine till this morning.
Now I cannot boot anymore.... When I push the button the power led goes on, fan starts running, but
there is no hard drive activity, screen in black.... I cannot pass POST or acces bios...
I pushed the system recovery button and had the same result.... no boot.
I tried to reset it, leaving it without battery and plug connection for a while,
than pressing the button for 30 seconds, many times, than connecting plug and push button.
Nothing happened...Desconnected the hard drive ... nothing...
what'up with it ???
How can I reset it and make it boot?
Please someone help me fix it !!!!
Thanks guys !!!

hi Lisa12,
I'm sorry to hear on what happened with your computer,
        This seemed to be a POST Issue
    POST will check Main Components of the computer like
              System Board
              Processor
              RAM(Memory)
              HDD
              GPU
      and it will not continue if one component is not responding correctly.
Here are Few things you can try
> Try it without the Hard Drive, BIOS will still be accessible with F2.
> Try just 1 Memory(RAM) card at a time and try that to all the Memory slot of the computer
     Try cleaning the Memory pin connectors you can follow this post
> Try an external display to isolate Display Issue
If all this Did not work I would suggest calling Technical Support  for assistanceto have the Mainboard Checked
    Might be an Issue with the Processor, GPU or the Mainboard itself.
Hope this helps,
Solid Cruver,
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